CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
REVENUES:
Advertising (including revenue from related parties of $4,033, $2,219 and $1,393 in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively) (Note 14)	$ 747,451	$ 562,102	$ 483,945
Sublicensing and own production revenue (including revenue from related parties of $3,403, $109 and $265 in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively)	15,836	37,931	20,999
Other revenue	3,073	1,252	1,169
Total operating revenues	766,360	601,285	506,113
EXPENSES:
Direct operating expenses (exclusive of amortization of programming rights, sublicensing rights and own production cost, shown below; exclusive of depreciation and amortization of $9,190, $11,502 and $13,201 in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively; and exclusive of stock-based compensation expense of $5,334, $10,586 and $6,242 in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively)	(43,684)	(37,547)	(32,088)
Selling, general and administrative (exclusive of depreciation and amortization $2,264, $2,234 and $4,448 in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively; exclusive of stock-based compensation expense of $42,273, $23,419 and $12,076 in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively) (Note 14)	(165,176)	(69,849)	(58,526)
Stock-based compensation expense	(18,318)	(34,005)	(47,607)
Amortization of programming rights	(289,095)	(231,917)	(178,392)
Amortization of sublicensing rights and own production cost	(3,371)	(7,113)	(6,832)
Depreciation and amortization (exclusive of amortization of programming rights and sublicensing rights)	(17,649)	(13,736)	(11,454)
Impairment loss (Notes 2 and 10)	(106,382)		(18,739)
Total operating expenses	(643,675)	(394,167)	(353,638)
OPERATING INCOME	122,685	207,118	152,475
FOREIGN CURRENCY GAINS (LOSSES)	2,034	1,820	(4,555)
INTEREST INCOME (including interest income from related parties of $1,434, $1,497 and $1,629 in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively)	7,222	6,018	6,087
INTEREST EXPENSE (including interest expense from related parties of nil, nil and $109 in 2009, 2010 and 2011, respectively)	(542)	(1,169)	(6,959)
OTHER NON-OPERATING INCOME, net	4,667	2,789	1,060
EQUITY IN INCOME OF INVESTEE COMPANIES	853	490	537
Income before income tax	136,919	217,066	148,645
INCOME TAX EXPENSE	(76,403)	(66,034)	(45,626)
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME	60,516	151,032	103,019
LESS: INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTEREST	(7,398)	(5,301)	(2,630)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO CTC MEDIA, INC. STOCKHOLDERS	$ 53,118	$ 145,731	$ 100,389
Net income per share attributable to CTC Media, Inc. stockholders-basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.34	$ 0.94	$ 0.66
Net income per share attributable to CTC Media, Inc. stockholders-diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.34	$ 0.93	$ 0.64
Weighted average common shares outstanding-basic (in shares)	157,224,782	155,576,658	152,223,165
Weighted average common shares outstanding-diluted (in shares)	158,011,659	156,092,038	157,452,763
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.82	$ 0.51